We woke up this morning with the happy realization that the first annual National Jelly Roll Day had finally arrived. A banner day was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone here at RCQ and all our guests.

Now that the daylight has vanished from the Illinois prairie we can, with Moda Fabrics United Notions' permission, release the much anticipated #projectjellyroll patterns here for you as free downloads

A BIG thank you to Brigette Heiland of Zen Chic and Moda for providing these NSAJRD patterns.

To start you off - here is a little gift from RockingChairQuilts.com : A Jelly Roll Tip Card and pre-cut yardage chart for you to download and keep as a handy reference. If you are nearby and can come into the shop we will give you one when you buy a Jelly Roll (while supplies last)

Post pictures of any Jelly Roll projects you are working on (or even the ones that you finish ) on Facebook , Instagram, Twitter. Use the #projectjellyroll to share your fun with everyone who enjoys a Moda Jelly Roll.

Love a Jelly Roll? If you are hungry for more Jelly Roll goodness be sure and visit ModaBakeShop.com

Lots of jelly roll patterns there, all free for you to enjoy.

We enjoyed some yummy Jelly Roll themed snacks here at the quilt shop today. If you got too busy to stop by ( or just live somewhere else in the world ) we thought it would be nice to share the recipes here.

This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to our winner Kathy C!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated.

“Don’t forget your mittens!”

Ooh what could be better on a hot summer afternoon than breaking open this festive bundle of holiday fabrics? Get your summertime stitch on and get started on some holiday quilting projects. The Snowfall collection has a great holiday color palette - cool crisp blues, fresh wintergreens, Christmas reds and creams captured on fabric in snowflakes , candy canes, holly leaves and happy dots.

But wait .....once you slice up all these FQs with your fabulous NEW Creative Grids USA ruler you'll need some yummy Aurifil Threads to stitch your project together - so we 'll include 2 Big Spools of Aurifil too!

To finish our giveaway bundle:

If you are our lucky winner you'll ALSO receive one each of our shop's collectible 2016 Row by Row Experience FabricPlates®

Thank you to everyone for your comments and entries. Subscribe to our blog or like our Facebook page if you want to be notified when a new Giveaway begins

OK Let's Go!

Time for another giveaway:

The excitement is building here at Rocking Chair Quilts as Christmas fabric is starting to arrive. To celebrate here's a Moda GIVEAWAY! We are giving away a fun prize bundle of Sweetwater's 'The Cookie Exchange' collection to one lucky winner!

This Prize Bundle includes a quilt kit , Frivol #10, SUGAR -beautifully packaged in a collectible tin, & the fabrics you need for border, binding and backing for your Sugar Quilt, and to make it even SWEETER- 3 spools of Aurifll Thread to match.(MSR Value $104.50) Woot!

We will be randomly selecting the winner next Saturday, May 7th at 3:00pm CST Good luck to everyone

Sew may ways to enter!

Enter at our FACEBOOK PAGE by liking the post and tagging a friend in the comments section.

Click the rafflecopter box below in this blog post and enter up to 3 tiimes there.

FREE Downloadable Pattern - 'ATOP the MOUNTAIN' by Bethany Fuller will be avaiable soon. Check back often

Nancy Gere is proud to present her latest collection of patriotic stars and stripes aptly titled Let Freedom Ring. From Windham fabrics the red, white and blue flags paired with patriotic eagles are part of our American national pride. These patterns will make great quilts and other projects that will celebrate your patriotism or honor a soldier serving their country. To quote James Monroe, "National honor is national property of the highest value"

Rocking Chair Quilts is happy and OH so excited to give all of you the opportunity to win a bundle of this fabric!

But wait- wait.......There's more for the winner of this prize package: Three (that's right 3!) delicious AURIFIL BIG SPOOLS of 50 wt. MAKO cotton thread in the most pleasing patriotic colors. Woop!

And....... just in case you can't settle on a project to stitch with your Let Freedom Ring Fat Quarter Bundle and Aurifill Threads we are including these laminated pattern folders from the Sweet and Simple collection : Little Brass Buttons and Peaks and Valleys designed by Carol Hopkins.

Enter up to 3 times using the Rafflecopter widget (the WHITE BOX below) at the end of this blog post.

Here is a glimpse of our shop entrance & some of the prizes in this weekends shop opening celebration. We wanted to include all of our online customers in the fun . We could not have come this far without your support. Our vendors have been very generous donating prizes for all of you & we have sweetened the deal by adding some fun prize items from our shop too!